Fadi Saad

Saad in front of mediators in Kreuzberg 2009, organizer Günther and Wennekers on the left

Fadi Saad (born July 25, 1979 in Berlin ) is a German - Palestinian former district manager in Berlin-Neukölln and a police officer.

Life

Saad was born as the eldest child of a Palestinian migrant family in Wedding , West Berlin . Saad grew up in Berlin in a problem area, the Soldiner Kiez . In the secondary school, Fadi Saad experienced discrimination and violence at a young age. Skipping school became the norm early on, so that he failed as a student. He found solidarity and acceptance for the first time when he was 13 years old in the Berlin youth gang “Araber Boys 21”, but at the same time his further decline seemed predictable: fights, frequent acts of violence and delinquency. Only after a stay in youth arrest did he change his life radically: Fadi Saad caught up with his school leaving certificate and successfully completed an apprenticeship as an office clerk . He was employed by the Arab Cultural Institute AKI, where he was soon also employed as a child and youth carer. Since September 1, 2014, Saad attended a police school . He successfully completed this training on August 31, 2016 and has been working for the Berlin police ever since .

Services

Saad worked as a neighborhood manager and street worker in the Neukölln district with young people . In 2006, he accompanied Angela Merkel to the state reception in the Elysée Palace to give a lecture on equal opportunities and integration . In 2008 his book The Big Brother of Neukölln was published and he gave readings.

Appearances on TV talk shows

• People at Maischberger (2007)
• Anne Will (2008)
• Maybrit Illner: Crusade 2010 - Does Islam really belong to Germany? (2010)
• Tough but fair : Integration in a practical test - How many immigrants can Germany handle? (2010)

Awards

• 2007: Intercultural Dialogue Prize
• 2009: German Crime Prevention Award 2009, Stüllenberg Foundation Münster

Fonts

• Neukölln's big brother - I was one of them - from gang member to street worker. Herder Verlag, Freiburg, (2.) 2010, ISBN 978-3451062575 .
• Combat zone street - stop young violent criminals now. Herder Verlag, Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-3451304729 .

Web links

• www.fadisaad.de Homepage of Fadi Saad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fadi Saad - a neighborhood manager with special charisma says goodbye , September 2, 2014, www.quartiersmanagement-berlin.de
2. ↑ Unusual career in Berlin Revierwechsel - from going to the police , September 7, 2014, Der Tagesspiegel
3. ↑ Berlin: From the gang to the police The prospective police officer was with the "Araber Boys 21" , September 9, 2014, Der Tagesspiegel
4. ^ [1] in: Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung
5. ↑ Neukölln: A showpiece that should encourage courage on taz.de from October 10, 2008
6. ^ Fadi Saad in the newspaper Die Welt
7. ↑ [2] [3] Report on Fadi Saad in the magazine Der Spiegel
8. ^ Fadi Saad in the Badische Zeitung
9. ↑ Youth: The big brother of Neukölln. In: Berliner Morgenpost from December 30, 2009.
10. ^ Report on Deutschlandradio Kultur
11. ^ Böhme as Maischberger: Strammer Knabe, brutale Kerle on spiegel.de from February 28, 2007
12. ↑ Juvenile delinquency - "Freedom was gone" ( memento of the original from June 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on stern.de from January 7, 2007 
13. ↑ Islam debate at Illner: It doesn't always have to be Sarrazin on spiegel.de from October 15, 2010
14. ↑ "hard but fair" on Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at 9.45 pm, live from Berlin
15. ↑ Fadi Saad in the Internet Movie Database (English)